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Manchester

Stephen Armstrong

Behind the Brits’ rock’n’roll glitter, it’s business as usual for the record labels

Never mind Olivia Dean and Lola Young, the big winners at the Brit awards were the same as they always are – the industry bosses

Sun 1 Mar 2026

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